International Thriller Writers Awards

The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers at the annual Thrillerfest conferences for outstanding work in the field since 2006.

Award winners

2006

• Thrillermaster: Clive Cussler
• Best Novel: The Patriots Club, Christopher Reich (Delacorte Press)
• Best First Novel: Improbable, Adam Fawer (William Morrow)
• Best Paperback Original: Pride Runs Deep, R. Cameron Cooke (Jove)
• Best Screenplay: Caché (Hidden), Michael Haneke

2007

• Thrillermaster: James Patterson
• Best Novel: Killer Instinct, Joseph Finder (St. Martin's Press)
• Best First Novel: Mr Clarinet, Nick Stone (Penguin)
• Best Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave, P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle)
• Best Screenplay: The Good Shepherd, Eric Roth

2008

• Thrillermaster: Sandra Brown
• Best Novel: The Ghost, Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster)
• Best First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill (William Morrow)
• Best Paperback Original: The Midnight Road, Tom Piccirilli, (Bantam)
• Silver Bullet Award: Macy's and David Baldacci

2009

• Thrillermaster: David Morrell
• Best Novel: The Bodies Left Behind, Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster)
• Best First Novel: Child 44, Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)
• Best Short Story: The Edge of Seventeen, Alexandra Sokoloff (The Darker Mask)
• Silver Bullet Award: Brad Meltzer

2010^[1]

• Thrillermaster: Ken Follett
• Best Hard Cover Novel: Lisa Gardner, The Neighbor
• Best Paperback Original Novel: Tom Piccirilli, The Coldest Mile
• Best First Novel: Jamie Freveletti, Running from the Devil
• Best Short Story: Twist Phelan, "A Stab in the Heart"
• True Thrill Award: Mark Bowden
• Silver Bullet Award: Linda Fairstein

2011

• Thrillermaster: R. L. Stine
• Best Hard Cover Novel: John Sandford, Bad Blood (Virgil Flowers Series, book 4)
• Best Paperback Original Novel: J. T. Ellison, The Cold Room (Taylor Jackson Series, book 4)
• Best First Novel: Chevy Stevens, Still Missing
• Best Short Story: Richard Helms, "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November 2010)
• True Thrill Award: Joe McGinniss
• Silver Bullet Award: Karin Slaughter

2012

• Thrillermaster: Jack Higgins
• Best Hard Cover Novel: Stephen King, 11/22/63
• Best Paperback Original Novel: Jeff Abbott, The Last Minute
• Best First Novel: Paul McEuen, Spiral
• Best Short Story: Tim L. Williams, "Half-Lives" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (March/April 2011)
• True Thrill Award: Ann Rule
• Silver Bullet Award: Richard North Patterson

2013^[2]

• Thrillermaster: Anne Rice
• Best Hard Cover Novel: Brian Freeman, Spilled Blood
• Best Paperback Original Novel: Sean Doolittle, Lake Country
• Best First Novel: Matthew Quirk, The 500
• Best Short Story: John Rector, Lost Things
• Best Young Adult Novel: Dan Krokos, False Memory
• Best E-Book Original Novel: CJ Lyons – Blind Faith
• Silver Bullet Award: Steve Berry

2014^[3]

• Thrillermaster: Scott Turow
• Best Hard Cover Novel: Andrew Pyper, The Demonologist
• Best Paperback Original Novel: Jennifer McMahon, The One I Left Behind
• Best First Novel: Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow
• Best Short Story: Twist Phelan, "Footprints in Water" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July 2013)
• Best Young Adult Novel: Cristin Terrill, All Our Yesterdays
• Best E-Book Original Novel: Rebecca Cantrell – The World Beneath
• Silver Bullet Award: Brenda Novak

2015^[4][5]

• Thrillermaster: Nelson DeMille
• Best Hard Cover Novel: Megan Abbott, The Fever
• Best Paperback Original Novel: Vincent Zandri, Moonlight Weeps
• Best First Novel: Laura McHugh, The Weight of Blood
• Best Short Story: Tim L. Williams, "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
• Best Young Adult Novel: Elle Cosimano, Nearly Gone
• Best E-Book Original Novel: C.J. Lyons – Hard Fall
• Silver Bullet Award: Kathy Reichs

References

External links

• International Thriller Writers Awards, official website
• Current and Past Thriller Awards